Example sentences of "[noun] met [prep] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | As the two hellraisers met for the first time for the benefit of the world 's press , they exchanged jokes . |
2 | The five CODESA working groups met for the first time on Jan. 20 in Johannesburg . |
3 | Early in 1914 , the Board felt it advisable to appoint a House Committee to deal with the day-to-day affairs of the Institution , and the committee met for the first time on 28th April with Mr. W. T. Lansberry in the chair . |
4 | The Committee met for the first time in Edinburgh in October 1979 . |
5 | The committee met for the first time on August 12 , to define its aims and draw up a policy programme for the future . |
6 | The Group met for the first time in March 1974 with several proposals already before it . |
7 | This body met for the first time in May 1989 and elected from its members the bicameral 542-member Supreme Soviet — the working constitutional body responsible for all legislative and administrative matters — consisting of the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of Nationalities . |
8 | The new body met for the first time , in the building of the suspended National Assembly , on April 25 . |
9 | When the new Assembly met for the first time on Sept. 24 , seven opposition members refused to take their seats , claiming that the election had been rigged . |
10 | The High Authority met for the first time in the autumn of 1952 , and immediately set about trying to turn the principles of the Treaty of Paris into practical results . |
11 | The new Cabinet met for the first time on June 12 and Shamir attempted to head off Arab-led calls for a special UN Security Council team to visit the West Bank and Gaza [ see p. 37443 ] by proposing that a UN envoy , Jean-Claude Aimé , should visit the area in their place . |
12 | On the twenty fourth July nineteen ninety one the new resources and policy grant sub-committee met for the first time and considered a number of applications including one from your organisation . |
13 | The seven-member committee of the Arab League met for the first time in Cairo , also on April 7 . |
14 | On Feb. 14 , however , Nichol met representatives of the Association of Chief Ambulance Officers , and on Feb. 20 management and unions met for the first time since October in a session with the Advisory , Conciliation and Arbitration Service ( ACAS ) . |